A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: The Hunt for Compton-thick AGN
Published: 2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	060256
Title	The Hunt for Compton-thick AGN
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-uf96fwx
Principal Investigator, PI	Prof Christopher Reynolds
Abstract	We request 13ks XMM observations of 2 candidate Compton-thick AGN that we haveselected from the 22 month Swift-BAT survey on the basis of their flat X-rayspectra. Our purpose is to confirm the Compton-thick nature of these AGN bysearching for the strong 6.4keV iron line, and hence validate the criteria thatwe used to find these rare objects. We will also search for signatures ofoptically-thin scattering, constrain the size of the absorber through using viavariability studies, and constrain the true X-ray luminosity of the centralengine and hence the impact of the obscuration on the number counts ofCompton-thick sources in hard X-ray surveys.
Publications	XMM Follow-up Observations of Three Swift BAT-selected Active Galactic Nuclei \|Trippe, M. L., Reynolds, C. S., et al. \| ApJ \| 736-81 \| 2011 \| 2011ApJ...736...81T \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2011ApJ...736...81T Are X-Ray Emitting Coronae around Supermassive Black Holes Outflowing? \|Liu, Teng, Wang, Jun-Xian, et al. \| ApJ \| 783-106 \| 2014 \| 2014ApJ...783..106L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014ApJ...783..106L Serendipitous UV source catalogues for 10 years of XMM and 5 years of Swift \|Yershov, V. N., \| Ap&SS \| 354-97 \| 2014 \| 2014Ap&SS.354...97Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014Ap&SS.354...97Y X-ray spectral variability of Seyfert 2 galaxies \|Hernandez-Garcia, L., Masegosa, J., et al. \| A&A \| 579-90 \| 2015 \| 2015A&A...579A..90H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015A&A...579A..90H Unveiling the Physics of Low-luminosity AGNs through X-Ray Variability: LINER versus Seyfert 2 \|Hernandez-Garcia, L., Masegosa, J., et al. \| ApJ \| 824-7 \| 2016 \| 2016ApJ...824....7H \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016ApJ...824....7H The Million Optical - Radio/X-ray Associations (MORX) Catalogue \|Flesch, Eric W., \| PASA \| 33-52 \| 2016 \| 2016PASA...33...52F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016PASA...33...52F The close environments of accreting massive black holes are shaped by radiative feedback \|Ricci, Claudio, Trakhtenbrot, Benny, et al. \| Natur \| 549-488 \| 2017 \| 2017Natur.549..488R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017Natur.549..488R BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS) - VI. The GammaX-L/LEdd relation \|Trakhtenbrot, Benny, Ricci, Claudio, et al. \| MNRAS \| 470-800 \| 2017 \| 2017MNRAS.470..800T \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017MNRAS.470..800T BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. V. X-Ray Properties of the Swift/BAT 70-month AGN Catalog \|Ricci, C., Trakhtenbrot, B., et al. \| ApJS \| 233-17 \| 2017 \| 2017ApJS..233...17R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2017ApJS..233...17R The Swift/BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey. IX. The Clustering Environments of an Unbiased Sample of Local AGNs \|Powell, M. C., Cappelluti, N., et al. \| ApJ \| 858-110 \| 2018 \| 2018ApJ...858..110P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...858..110P Hot corona properties of Swift/BAT-detected AGNs \|Wang, Chan, Yu, Li-Ming, et al. \| MNRAS \| 487-2463 \| 2019 \| 2019MNRAS.487.2463W \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2019MNRAS.487.2463W Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning \|Zhang, Yanxia, Zhao, Yongheng, \| MNRAS \| 503-5263 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.503.5263Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.503.5263Z The properties of the AGN torus as revealed from a set of unbiased NuSTAR observations \|Zhao, X., Marchesi, S., et al. \| A&A \| 650-57 \| 2021 \| 2021A&A...650A..57Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021A&A...650A..57Z The XMM-Newton Line Emission Analysis Program (X-LEAP). I. Emission-line Survey of O VII, O VIII, and Fe L-shell Transitions \|Pan, Zeyang, Qu, Zhijie, et al. \| ApJS \| 271-62 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJS..271...62P \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJS..271...62P From Active Stars to Black Holes: A Discovery Tool for Galactic X-Ray Sources \|Rodriguez, Antonio C., \| PASP \| 136-054201 \| 2024 \| 2024PASP..136e4201R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PASP..136e4201R Robust constraints on feebly interacting particles using XMM-Newton \|Luque, Pedro De la Torre, Balaji, Shyam, \| PhRvD \| 109-L101305 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j1305L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j1305L Multimessenger search for electrophilic feebly interacting particles from supernovae \|Luque, Pedro De la Torre, Balaji, Shyam, \| PhRvD \| 109-103028 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j3028L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j3028L Importance of Cosmic-Ray Propagation on Sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque, Pedro, Balaji, Shyam, \| ApJ \| 968-46 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...968...46D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...968...46D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2009-07-11T19:51:56Z/2009-08-20T12:56:12Z
Version	17.56_20190403_1200
Mission Description	The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published	2010-09-08T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"compton thick agn", "xray luminosity", "XMM", "optically thin scattering", "flat xray spectra", "compton thick sources", "hard xray surveys", "via variability", "central engine", "compton thick", "4kev iron line", "rare objects"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Prof Christopher Reynolds, 2010, 'The Hunt for Compton-thick AGN', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-uf96fwx